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USAID has $19B to close out agency. Critics push to use funds to save lives
Key takeaways
- The notification acknowledges that the price of closing out the agency is likely to cost less than the multibillion-dollar number, but it s unclear where the leftover funds will go.
- Humanitarian aid experts and Democrats are urging the administration to show some urgency in disbursing it for dire humanitarian needs.
- If I was an appropriator, I d be alarmed that the administration is withholding life-saving aid, said Sam Vigersky, international affairs fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Agency for International Development (USAID) has told Congress it has $19 billion in funds to cover costs associated with closing out the programs it terminated last year, according to a notification sent late last month and obtained by The Hill.
The notification acknowledges that the price of closing out the agency is likely to cost less than the multibillion-dollar number, but it s unclear where the leftover funds will go.
Humanitarian aid experts and Democrats are urging the administration to show some urgency in disbursing it for dire humanitarian needs.
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